Friday, August 29, 2008

A WALK NEAR THE AIRPORT

Geneva offers many interesting as well as beautiful walks. Since the canton is quite small, it is easy to get out of town by foot or reach the countryside in a matter of minutes (I live only 7 km away from the centre)...

During our holidays, on one particularly nice afternoon, we decided to take the Bus 8 (see TPG site) and go down at the "Appia" stop near the Red Cross And Red Crescent Museum and the UNO. Then, we walked up the hill, past the Château de Penthes and it's magnificent garden, till the little village of Prégny (in Prégny-Chambésy). After a few minutes walk, we reached a bench from where the view over the Lake Geneva is absolutely stunning. It also overlooks the airport, so we were able to observe the neverending ballet of aeroplanes taking off and landing every minute or so.

Thanks for the pain batbout recipe. I cook a lot of moroccan inspired recipes and this would be an interesting change from the standard pita I usually serve up. (I'm still drooling over that dinner you cooked up!)

Nice views. I actually visited Geneva on the 14th of July and I really enjoyed this fab town...and as you wrote it's so easy to get out of the town and enjoy great sites. (If only I could get a job at the UN....pffff) ;)